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HBS

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Public limited companyfounded 199135 yrs activeLammerdries 12, 2440 Geel, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0443.480.337

HBS has been active since 1991 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €273k and a net result of €-2.90M. Equity is shrinking by ~6.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 13% of 1303 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.6% (low).

Checked score

Score 2024
0 / 100
Critical▼ -12 vs 2023
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability0=
Solvency13▼-21
Growth23▼-6
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.6% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No credit on open account
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.93 against 1.16 in 2023), and 95.3% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Eight signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 41
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 41
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 35 years 0 40 y
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
4.7%
Return on assets
-50.2%
Age of the figures
20 mo
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2023 and 2024); equity fell accordingly. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Net result per financial year
18192021222324
2018 to 2024 · latest year -€2.9M
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 13% of 1303 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 1303 sector peers
Solvency
better than 13%
← weakest strongest →
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 03-12-2025, 125 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: companies more than 90 days late are in an abnormal legal state today in 5.61% of cases, against 1.66% across all filers.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
125 d late
2023
119 d late
2022
35 d early
2021
46 d late
2020
30 d late
2019
31 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
We found no ex-officio strike-off or cessation. Our series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
KBO publications · our coverage

Financials · fiscal year 2024, full schema

Turnover
€10.93M▼ 29.8%
2023 · €15.57M
2018: €18.71M 2019: €14.72M 2020: €13.59M 2021: €10.93M 2022: €12.45M 2023: €15.57M
2018 → 2024
EBIT margin
-25.3%▼ 20.7pp
2023 · -4.7%
2018: 11.2% 2019: 10.1% 2020: 9.2% 2021: 0.0% 2022: -0.5% 2023: -4.7%
2018 → 2024
Net result
€-2.90M▼ 265%
2023 · €-793k
2018: €1.47M 2019: €1.03M 2020: €924k 2021: €288 2022: €-100k 2023: €-793k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€-358k
2023 · €957k
2018: €2.81M 2019: €2.01M 2020: €1.61M 2021: €2.65M 2022: €1.76M 2023: €957k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Turnover€13.59M-€10.93M▼ 19.6%€12.45M▲ 13.9%€15.57M▲ 25.1%€10.93M▼ 29.8%
Equity€2.56M-€2.56M=€2.46M▼ 3.9%€1.67M▼ 32.2%€273k▼ 83.7%
Operating result€1.25M-€2k▼ 99.8%€-58k€-724k▼ 1,153%€-2.77M▼ 282%
Net result€924k-€288▼ 100.0%€-100k€-793k▼ 689%€-2.90M▼ 265%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-4.00M€-2.00M€0€2.00MOperating result 2020: €1.25M€1.25MNet result 2020: €924k€924kOperating result 2021: €2k€2kNet result 2021: €288€288Operating result 2022: €-58k€-58kNet result 2022: €-100k€-100kOperating result 2023: €-724k€-724kNet result 2023: €-793k€-793kOperating result 2024: €-2.77M€-2.77MNet result 2024: €-2.90M€-2.90M20202021202220232024
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €2.77M in 2024 against €724k in 2023; the loss grows and 2024 is the lowest year so far.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €5.78M
Fixed assets €631k▼ 11.5%
Current assets €5.15M▼ 24.8%
Equity and liabilities €5.78M
Equity €273k▼ 83.7%
Debt €5.50M▼ 6.5%
The debt ratio rises from 77.9% to 95.3%: equity shrinks faster than debt is paid down.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€-2.63M
2023 · €-583k
Cash flow
€-2.76M
2023 · €-651k
Solvency
4.7%
2023 · 22.1%
Current ratio
0.93
2023 · 1.16
Quick ratio
0.88
2023 · 0.70
Debt / equity
20.19
2023 · 3.52
ROE
-1062.6%
2023 · -47.5%
ROA
-50.2%
2023 · -10.5%
Interest coverage
-19.29
2023 · -6.27
Debt
€5.50M
2023 · €5.89M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€5.50M
2023 · €5.89M
Income taxes
€2k
2023 · €1k
Staff costs
€1.62M
2023 · €1.85M
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2023
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€7.55M€5.78M
Fixed assets21/28€712k€631k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€712k€627k
Land and buildings22€2k€2k=
Plant, machinery and equipment23€60k€29k
Furniture and vehicles24€84k€67k
Other tangible fixed assets26€474k€529k
Assets under construction and advance payments27€92k-
Financial fixed assets28€685€4k
Other financial fixed assets284/8€685€4k
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8€685€4k
Current assets29/58€6.84M€5.15M
Stocks and contracts in progress3€2.70M€311k
Stocks30/36€125k€100k
Raw materials and consumables30/31€115k€100k
Property held for sale35€10k-
Contracts in progress37€2.58M€211k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€3.63M€2.66M
Trade receivables40€3.25M€2.13M
Other amounts receivable41€375k€529k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€393k€2.14M
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€119k€36k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€7.55M€5.78M
Equity10/15€1.67M€273k
Contributions10/11€266k€1.77M
Capital10€266k€1.77M
Issued capital100€266k€1.77M
Reserves13€456k€456k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€27k€27k=
Legal reserve130€27k€27k=
Distributable reserves133€430k€430k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€947k€-1.95M
Amounts payable17/49€5.89M€5.50M
Amounts payable within one year42/48€5.89M€5.50M
Trade debts44€2.73M€2.41M
Suppliers440/4€2.73M€2.41M
Advances received on contracts in progress46€367k€678k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€157k€240k
Taxes450/3€1k€140k
Remuneration and social security454/9€156k€100k
Other amounts payable47/48€2.63M€2.18M
Income statement Code20232024
Operating income70/76A€16.39M€8.87M
Turnover70€15.57M€10.93M
Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress71€650k€-2.28M
Own construction capitalised72€42k€39k
Other operating income74€125k€85k
Non-recurring operating income76A-€100k
Operating charges60/66A€17.11M€11.64M
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60€13.53M€8.11M
Purchases600/8€13.53M€8.08M
Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609€3k€25k
Services and other goods61€1.57M€1.66M
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€1.85M€1.62M
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€142k€135k
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€106k
Other operating charges640/8€21k€7k
Operating profit (loss)9901€-724k€-2.77M
Financial income75/76B€26k€11k
Recurring financial income75€26k€11k
Other financial income752/9€26k€11k
Non-recurring financial income76B€33-
Financial charges65/66B€93k€137k
Recurring financial charges65€93k€137k
Debt charges650€93k€137k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-791k€-2.90M
Income taxes67/77€1k€2k
Taxes670/3€1k€2k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-793k€-2.90M
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-793k€-2.90M
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€947k€-1.95M
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€1.74M€947k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)908729.926.4

The notes to these accounts (40 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2025
03-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · full schema · 125 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-2.90M
Net result drops to €-2.90M, the lowest in the series.
27-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · full schema · 119 days late
2023
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema
2022
15-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema · 46 days late
2021
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema · 30 days late
2020
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema · 31 days late
2019
28-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
25-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
23-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
2016
23-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · full schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 15 acts read
About the unread acts

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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
21 directors, last change in 2025
B. Lenaerts
Director · since 15-10-2021
Current
D. Roosen
Director · since 15-10-2021
Current
R. Eijckmans
Director · since 15-10-2021
Current
Bert Lenaerts
Director · since 22-06-2018
Current
Ronny Eijckmans
Director · since 22-06-2018
Current
Jozef Lembrechts
Director · since 22-06-2018
Not recently confirmed
+ 12 not shown in this overview
24-03-2025 Bert Lenaerts: Appointed as Director
24-03-2025 Ronny Eijckmans: Appointed as Director
19-12-2022 Dirk Roosen: Resigned as Director
15-10-2021 B. Lenaerts: Appointed as Director
15-10-2021 D. Roosen: Appointed as Director
15-10-2021 R. Eijckmans: Appointed as Director
06-01-2021 Dirk Roosen: Appointed as Managing director
20-02-2020 Joeri Schellens: Resigned as Director
22-06-2018 Bert Lenaerts: Appointed as Director
22-06-2018 Ronny Eijckmans: Appointed as Director
22-06-2018 Jozef Lembrechts: Appointed as Director
22-06-2018 Karolien Van den Bogaert: Appointed as Bedrijfsjurist
22-06-2018 Peter Bervoets: Appointed as Directeur schrijnwerkerij
22-06-2018 Sonja Wens: Appointed as Gevolmachtigde
22-06-2018 Dirk Roosen: Appointed as Algemeen directeur
22-06-2018 Joeri Schellens: Appointed as Director
22-06-2018 Frans Mathé: Resigned as Managing director
17-06-2015 Jureco bvba: Appointed as Director
17-06-2015 Lemma bvba: Appointed as Director
17-06-2015 Mainvest bvba: Appointed as Director
17-06-2015 Manibel bvba: Appointed as Director
17-06-2015 Scheema bvba: Appointed as Director
24-06-2010 Frans Michielsen: Appointed as Director
24-06-2010 Jef Lembrechts: Appointed as Director
+ 3 not shown in this overview
Not every act has been read: a resignation may be missing here
15 of this company's 15 Belgian State Gazette acts have not been read yet. Appointments and resignations recorded in them are missing above: a director who resigned there may therefore still show here as sitting. The acts are in the Timeline.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Geel · 1 establishment unit since 1999
exact location from the address register On OpenStreetMap
Ground area
3.4 ha
Building footprint
5,238 m²
Parcel 13373A0494/00E000, Flanders. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
H.B.S.
Lammerdries 12, 2440 GeelNACE 45200
since 19992.052.539.202
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
13373A0494/00E000 Flanders 3.4 ha 1 · 5,238 m² -
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Statutory auditor

4 auditors
Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren bvCurrent
Statutory auditor
02-01-2025 → present
Show 3 earlier auditors
A. Nuttens
Statutory auditor
succeeded by Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren bv in 2025
22-06-2018 → 02-01-2025
Forvis Mazars Bedrijfsrevisoren
Statutory auditor
- → 02-01-2025
Mazars Bedrijfsrevisoren
Statutory auditor
succeeded by A. Nuttens in 2018
17-06-2015 → 22-06-2018

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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded06-03-1991
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
41001General construction of residential buildings
45211
45212
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 33 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 09-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.